This is my baby Lux. She is my second baby. Before she was born Erik and I received some terrifying information about her genetic profile. And we had to wait. So we did. There was a very real possibility that this baby was not going to make it past 1 year due to chromosomal abnormalities. The only, ONLY, thing that got, not just me, but my whole family, through this awful possibility of bringing a dying baby into the world, was that I had the choice to terminate this pregnancy if necessary. IF. NECESSARY. No one has an abortion because it’s easy or fun. #legalabortion#roevswade#abortionrights#womensrights#mybodymychoice#reproductivefreedom#abortion

so, now feels like a good(?) time to talk about my abortion. i’ve wanted to for some time but never seemed to find the right moment. maybe i felt some hidden shame i wasn’t conscious of. or, maybe it was just an acceptance of a completely normal life event that felt unworthy of a post. maybe it was both. i’m honestly still not sure. it all happened so fast. i was 23 years old. i knew i was pregnant before i ever took a pregnancy test. i’d just spent thanksgiving with my family in chicago where i found myself unable to eat the foods i’d normally pile on my plate. i was repulsed by lox, for example (a staple jaime food). so, i peed on a stick and was in a clinic near my mother’s house by the next afternoon. i had an “at home” abortion which means i was given a pill at the clinic to stop the pregnancy from growing, and i was to take another pill at home that evening to basically induce a miscarriage. i spent that entire night in the most excruciating pain i’ve ever felt. i will never forget it. it felt like i was going to die. i spent the next couple of days recovering and resumed my life like nothing had happened. i hadn’t planned on telling the guy~ we’d become fwb over the past few months. i ended up running into him and sharing my experience, however, after he asked why he hadn’t heard from me recently. he was shocked and upset that i hadn’t told him, only because he wished he could’ve been there to support me through it. i say all this to explain that even though my experience with abortion was a fast, lonely, and physically painful blur, i am crystal clear that choosing abortion was the best decision i’ve ever fucking made. and, yeah, i won’t lie~ it’s wild to think that i could have had a little leo running around with me today, but look: there was never—and, i mean, NEVER— the slightest hint of doubt in my mind that i did not make the best choice for myself and my body. the threats to abortion access are WRONG. i couldn’t care less what your views on abortion are~ this isn’t about your opinion. this is about reproductive healthcare. banning abortions will not eliminate abortions, only safe ones. abortion is a human right and not up for debate. period.

“When you take away a woman’s choice, you take away her freedom”
- @zoiladarton
•1 in 6 illegal abortions led to death prior to Roe vs. Wade.
•1 million unwanted pregnancies a year in the U.S
•1 in 4 women have had an abortion.
•99.9% of abortions are performed safely when there done legally.
With statistics like this and thousands of illegal abortion related injuries & infant deaths, why would any logical human being go backwards? ...It’s simple the government wants to take away our freedom... We are a force to be reckoned with and we’re becoming stronger and more empowered, this ban on abortion is a war on us....I think Trump got the right wing trippin, & they’re in for a rude awakening. Our pussies are powerful and not about to be infringed on periodt . Tune in to our latest episode “Whisper Your Abortion” up now on all platforms featuring lovely momma & entrepreneur @zoiladarton •
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#abortion#womensrightsarehumanrights#roevswade#shoutyourabortion#womenempowerment#goodmomsbadchoices#issawar

#menshouldnotbemakinglawsaboutwomensbodies#IstandWithPP#iamnotproperty#keepabortionsafeandlegal#roevswade .
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides a fundamental "right to privacy" that protects a pregnant woman's liberty to choose whether or not to have an abortion.
Over 50 years later the old men of our country are trying to revoke this law and taking away our privacy, like the sign said in one of the photos I found we've reject violence in our community in our homes and in our bodies, men should not be making laws about women's bodies and I'm going to keep talking about this until the world ,until United States starts listening.
we as women, and yes I still count myself in that category because still have a uterus, WE WILL NOT BE SILENT, WE WILL NOT BACK DOWN, FOR WE ARE NOT PROPERTY OF THOSE THAT TRY TO OPPRESS US, AND WE WILL MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD EVEN IF WE HAVE TO SCREAM IT OUT LOUD, AND WE WILL WIN. 🖕🖕🖕FUCK YOUR BACKWARDS IDEOLOGY, IT'S 2019 ALMOST 2020 NOT 1965. TO ALL YOU OLD DECREPIT BACKWARDS IDEALISTIC MEN WHO THINK YOU CAN CONTROL ME. LET ME TURN AROUND SO YOU CAN KISS MY ASS.🖕🖕🖕 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TAKE AWAY OUR VOTING RIGHTS NEXT, WE WON THOSE DURING THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT BACK IN 1912, THEY'RE PROBABLY ALL JUST JEALOUS THAT WE GET BETTER IDEAS AND THEY DO.
AND WITH ELECTIONS COMING UP, THE CURRENT PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO USE THIS TO HIS ADVANTAGE EVEN THOUGH HE ALREADY STATED THAT HE WAS FOR WHAT THEY WERE DOING THERE IS VIDEO FOOTAGE YOU CAN GO FIND IT ON GOOGLE, THAT IS WHY, WE NEED A WOMAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE SO WE CAN FINALLY GET SHIT DONE.
#nomoretrumpplease#womanempowerment#womaninwhitehouse2020
I have told my story when it comes to abortion, if I hadn't gotten it done I wouldn't be alive today to be there for my own son, keep abortion safe and legal. you really want women going around with that broken state of mind that they're not good enough and carry around their rape baby or even their brother's baby or Father's baby? incest and rape is wrong.

The BATTLE against #ROE VS. WADE I’m so freaking tired of receiving these types of notifications of state after state attempting revoke a woman’s right to her OWN body. It’s rather simple, mind your business. Would it be a fitting conversation to address a mans choice in being a parent? A man has the choice to visit his doctor to address his impotence, but a woman is wrong for utilizing her resources and executing what she believes is in the best interest for her and possible the unborn. #Men are free to decide whether or not they feel up to being a #parent and can walk away at any moment leaving the woman to be a single parent, put the child up for adoption or seek out an abortion. Yet, a mother isn’t provided those same choices?! •
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When women choose to have children beyond their early-mid 30’s they are considered to have #geriatricpregnancy pregnancies. Often times, the option of abortion is presented to them. Should not that be afforded to them? •
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If a woman is a victim of sexual assault and as a result becomes pregnant, is she then also charged with raising her attackers offspring?! I can go on and on about what is wrong with our blast from the past ignorance or moreover the re-emergence of such ignorance, but this is a private matter and should be treated as such. We are no longer in the days where #men and men alone sit behind desk in dark offices and decide what is best for women. #mindyadamnbusiness#roevswade#womensrights#missouri#indiana#Alabama

This is an original beam of wood from the dungeon in Salem that over 150 people were imprisoned in in 1692. If you were poor, you were shackled in an upright position in a cell smaller than a phone booth and more narrow. Your family had to pay for your food...if they ran out of money you starved to death. 200 years later there was a Constitution that prohibited this type of trial and punishment. A reminder that America needs to appreciate and fight for our basic freedoms everyday for everyone! #dumptrump#womensrights#roevswade

"The heartbeat bill" is set to go into effect in mid July. However, it is already being enforced in Ohio and in turn, this 11 year old rape victim was being forced to keep the baby to term. Because of the outrage on social media and news outlets however, her case has been overturned. This bill will still go into effect for other women in Ohio. In order to maintain our freedoms, we have to fight back.
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How long will we have to endure this fight? Just leave our bodies alone. #Repost @theimpeccablewoman with @get_repost
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As women we hold an endless amount of power. We must 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 give that power away to legislation, Congress or anyone!! Stand up for your rights, you deserve to exist in a world as a sovereign being. When a doctor faces more jail time for supporting a woman’s decision to have an abortion, than a potential rapist— there’s something insanely wrong. We fought then and we will fight now. ⁣
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Please support the @aclu_nationwide @acluofalabama @plannedparenthood ⁣@yellowfund ⁣⁣
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Video Footage: ‘If These Walls Could Talk’ (1996)
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#NoUterusNoOpinion#WomensRightsAreHumanRights#AlabamaAbortionBan#AbortionRights#FightLikeAGirl#FeminismMatters#RoeVsWade#WomenRiseUp

UTERUS
Breasts…muscles.
Nipples…flex.
A pose…luring.
And the uterus…
[Whether its owner
chooses to use it or not…]
Is the Power.
It may come from Transition
Or color
Or black
Or white
Or from clear transparency
And all that is Life
The Power Itself
Belongs to the one
Who Has It
And you
[Without uterus]
Do not have the power.
No matter how hard you try.
You do have a body
That you are in charge of
You may rape
On the weekends
And call it God’s work
You may wash another brain
To think an abortion
Is that of the devil’s…
Thereafter teaching
those you rape
To visualize God as a shield
And sinfully, despicably
[like you]
hide behind it…
You are nothing more than
A person
Without a uterus.
Without a cape.
Without the ability to fly.
Without the ability to give life.
Without the ability to even
Forgive you.
As for Jesus Christ,
He is saying
[As he has always said]
“You know not what you do.” As for your mother,
The one
Who may have labored for you
Who may have delivered you
Who may have cleaned,
Fed
Protected
You.
Who did the best that was possible
for little tiny you…
Go home and hug that mother.
Instead of trying to grab her uterus
And do with it what you deem enjoyable
No matter what you do with your mother
Say hi for me, please.
Tell your mother
that i’m thinking about her
Tenderly
As though she were me
As for freedom,
I would never
Try to take it from you.
For I know how it feels.
I sit here peacefully
With my ink on wood
Telling you
To do the same for me.
If you respect freedom,
Then you rise.
If you do not,
You are choosing
to be swallowed by darkness.
Be careful.
Some call it “Hell.” I am she/her with a uterus.
A woman with a womb.
And you
With large insecurities
And minuscule balls
Will keep your hands off
My uterus.
Cuz it gave you that little tiny life you’re leading…
And while your life is fragile,
you are [though you know not] abusing it.
And while your body [i gave you]
is yours
It is not mine. 📸 by my loving and respectful husband.
#letsgoalabama#wakeupalabama#youknownotwhatyoudo#prochoice#mybodymychoice#uteruspower#plannedparenthood#freedomofchoice#freedomwriters#roevswade#yourmom

Folx having freedom to make their own decisions about their own bodies allows everyone to live the lives they imagine.
I’m still celebrating this beautiful community that came together at Middle Church on Tuesday & the wonderful spirit of liberation & freedom that filled the #stopthebans rally (and kind of not believing it happened!!) Onward.
#Repost @resistancerevivalchorus
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When reproductive rights are under attack, what do we do? STAND UP FIGHT BACK! #StopTheBans
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6 things you can do right now:
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1. Donate to groups fighting for reproductive freedom on a local level:
@yellowfund
@abortionfunds @sistersong_woc @fairfightaction @arc_southeast @prochoiceamerica @feministcenter @nyaafund
2. If you have had an abortion, and are comfortable, share your story using #YouKnowMe .
3. Men: abortion is a men’s issue too. Post about how you have personally benefited from abortion.
4. Research federal judicial appointments. If a judge is anti-choice, call your senators and tell them to vote NO.
5. Volunteer to be an abortion clinic escort.
6. Support the ACLU. It has a history of defeating extreme state laws infringing on constitutional rights: @aclu_nationwide @acluofalabma
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By the time I reached my dating years, I'd learned that my body was not my own. I'd learned that my future depended on men. The recent legislative bans on abortion reminded me what it was like for many women prior to Roe vs Wade. Read my blog to bring that time alive and to find out what we can each do to change. https://constance-chapman.com/my-self-worth-was-aborted-legally/ #abortionban#roevswade#selfworth#sexism

The #democrats would like you to believe that abortion is a #constitutionalright and that anyone that opposes abortion is a #racist a #biggot and a #homophobe and they do not care about #women ! because that is there rebuttal to anyone that disagrees with them. In #fact nowhere in the CONSTITUTION DOES IT SAY YOU ARE ALLOWED TO MURDER YOUR CHILD NO WHERE!!!! Let me repeat that NO WHERE IN THE CONSTITUTION DOES IT SAY YOU HAVE THE RIGHT THE RIGHT TO MURDER YOUR UNBORN CHILD POINT BLANK END OF STORY. They constantly profess on cable news that by opposing ABORTION you are denying women’s rights and preventing them from receiving #healthcare what about the child’s rights ? Where in any medical text book it does it say that killing a child is healthcare?? That’s right it doesn’t and They call it #plannedparenthood no where in parenting are you suggested to kill and murder your child no where !!!!!!!!! Did you know that 62 million African American babies have been murdered since #roevswade was passed ? 62 million !!!! That’s called #genocide#abortionismurder#abortion#equals#murder#changemymind

The #democrats would like you to believe that abortion is a #constitutionalright and that anyone that opposes abortion is a #racist a #biggot and a #homophobe and they do not care about #women ! because that is there rebuttal to anyone that disagrees with them. In #fact nowhere in the CONSTITUTION DOES IT SAY YOU ARE ALLOWED TO MURDER YOUR CHILD NO WHERE!!!! Let me repeat that NO WHERE IN THE CONSTITUTION DOES IT SAY YOU HAVE THE RIGHT THE RIGHT TO MURDER YOUR UNBORN CHILD POINT BLANK END OF STORY. They constantly profess on cable news that by opposing ABORTION you are denying women’s rights and preventing them from receiving #healthcare what about the child’s rights ? Where in any medical text book it does it say that killing a child is healthcare?? That’s right it doesn’t and They call it #plannedparenthood no where in parenting are you suggested to kill and murder your child no where !!!!!!!!! Did you know that 62 million African American babies have been murdered since #roevswade was passed ? 62 million !!!! That’s called #genocide#abortionismurder#abortion#equals#murder#changemymind